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Internet users criticize André Mendonça for denying habeas corpus to a single mother.

The Supreme Court minister's decision came on the same day he voted against opening criminal proceedings against those accused of coup attempts in Brasília.

André Mendonça (Photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil)

247 - Social media users criticized Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice André Mendonça after he voted against a habeas corpus petition for a single mother who stole four packages of diapers worth R$120 from a Lojas Americanas store in 2017. 

One internet user wrote: "Defending terrorists is okay, but letting a mother who stole diapers off the hook isn't... André Mendonça continues to be a terribly despicable person."

"Terribly despicable," said another person on social media.

Another profile stated that there is "no technical argument, for example, that could absolve a terrorist like Daniel Silveira and condemn a woman for petty theft."